Article holder



June 13, 1939. D. K, COPELL 2,161,854

I ARTICLE HOLDER Filed April 2, 1937 ATTOVIVRNEY Patented June 13, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE]:

ARTICLE HOLDER Daniel K. Copell, New York, N. Y.

Application April 2, 1937, Serial No. 134,521

5 Claims.

The subject matter of this invention-is an improved article holder adapted to be readily mounted on a display card and adapted to appropriately support an article in a desired posi- 5 tion. The invention has as one object the provision of a serviceable and novel article holder comprising a resilient body having means to initially locate the article inserted and adapted upon rotation of the latter to be distended to firmly 10 grip the located article to prevent accidental shifting thereof in respect to the holder and to the display card; The invention further comprehends the provision of an article holder comprising an expandible and contractible member hav- 5 ing means to position and sustain a deformable fastening loop adapted to be readily applied to a support or display card.

The invention further contemplates as an object the provision of an article holder having a 20 substantially disc shaped resilient member which includes an irregularly shaped opening comprising an elongated part having spaced but alined article positioning grooves merging with a relatively expanded part of the opening comprising 5 alined but spaced grooves adapted to receive an article after the latter is first inserted in the positioning grooves and subsequently rotated to be free of the latter whereby the expanded part is elongated to deform the grooves thereof whereby 30 the walls of the latter sustain the rotated article in frictional and in yieldable engagement therewith.

Further objects, advantages and features of the invention will appear from the following detailed 35 description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a display card or support having several article holders according to my invention attached thereto.

40 Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the article holder taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the article holder taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the article holder 45 illustrated in Figs. 1-3.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of a modified article holder and Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 'l-'| of Fig. 5.

50 The article holder generally designated A comprises a disc l and the attached U shaped deformable loop ll. Disc i0 is made of a suitable rubber or other resilient and yieldable material. Loop II is made of a suitable bendable but nonresilient strip metal.

As illustrated in Figs. 1-4 inclusive deformable disc I0 is provided with an irregularly shaped opening comprising an expanded part defined by the alined and spaced grooves or slots I2 and an elongated part defined by the alined and spaced 5 grooves as slots I3. Disc 10 is also provided with a suitable slot or striation M to permit threading a part of the loop ll therethrough. To enhance the resiliency of the rim l5 adjacent one of the grooves l2, the rim is provided with a plul0 rality of spaced apertures IB.

Each holder A is adapted to be readily and conveniently attached to the display card on support I1. In this connection arms l8 of a fastening loop I l which normally straddle the flat sides of its associated substantially annularly shaped member ID are threaded into spaced openings 19 in the body of the display card ll. The terminals 20 of arms I8 extendingin back of the display card are then turned outwardly and against 20 the back surface of'the card.

With an annular member ID fastened to the card, the article, such as a pipe 2|, may be conveniently attached thereto. To this end, the bit portion 22 thereof is first inserted into an irreg- 25 ularly shaped opening of a respective disc and in such fashion that the sides 24 of the bit are disposed in the alined positioning or locating grooves I3. Thereafter the bit 22 is rotated approximately ninety degrees. During its rotation relative to the disc Ill sides 24 leave the positioning grooves l3 and enter and interlock with the alined grooves l2 and since bit 22 is of elliptical configuration, rim I5 is distended or deformed, taking the form illustrated in Fig. 2, that is, the formerly elongated part of the irregular opening defined by grooves I3 is contracted and the formerly expanded part of this irregular opening is further expanded and elongated.

Since openings l6 slightly weaken portions of rim l5, this portion is more elastic and readily responds to the rotation of the bit. Having manipulated the pipe in a position where the bit is interlocked with the rim, the deformed and distended rim has a tendency to contract to assume its normal contour shown in Fig. 4, and consequently the bit is frictionally and firmly but removably gripped by the distorted irregularly shaped opening and therefore the pipe is prevented from accidental displacement in respect to the disc and is also prevented from accidental displacement relative to the display card.

With the bit interlocked with the distended locking grooves l2, the bit may be readily removed from the holder by turning it to leave the gripj pi'ng'grooves I2 and be disposed in the positioning grooves l3. This operation causes deformed and'distended parts of the. disc to automatically 7 restore to their original con'tour. Thereafter the pipe may be readilyand slidably disengaged or withdrawn 'from the positioninggrooves l3.

In Figs. '5 and 6 resilient member In isprovided with an elliptical opening as shown. As in the case of the form according to Figs. 1-4, the.

. {gWhile I havedescribed-my inventionjin detail andl-have referred to several modifications and specific applications thereo-f I. do not intend that .the invention'hereindisclosed shall be limited to r .such specific modifications or applications but in- .tend: that.-.all matter contained in the above description and shown in the accompanying draw- .ing shall beinterpreted as-illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

claim: 7 1. A holder comprising-a resilient body having a rim including an opening comprising spaced grooves constituting an elongated part adapted to initially position an article and having spaced grooves constituting a relatively expanded part adapted on rotation of said article relative to said rim to interlock therewith, said rim having a plurality of apertures to'enhance the resiliency of said rim adjacent said expanded part.

2. An article holder comprising a resilient body having an elongated opening therein to con stitute a rim with said body, said. rim having one or more openings to weaken a portion thereof, and a loop carried by said rim and disposed substantially opposite to said weakened portion.

3. Aholder comprising a'hollovv resilient body having abore and diametrically disposed slots adapted to receive anartic-le and guide displacement of said article relative to said bore, said article upon rotation thereof being disposed out of said slots and adapted'to distend said body to permit portions of. said bore to clamp against said article. 7

4. A holder comprising a. hollow resilient body:

having a bore and provided 'withdiametrically disposed slots in communication with said bore.

5. A holder comprising a hollow expandible and contractiblebody having a bore disposed longitudinally of said body and including spaced slot 7 in communication with said bore.

' (3H DANIEL KQCOPELL. 

